
Dave Brat announces communications director, schedule
Dave Brat, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District, announced Monday his public calendar for this week as well as his communications director.

Dave Brat, Republican candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in Virginia’s 7th District, announced Monday his public calendar for this week as well as his communications director.

Five Virginia Organizing leaders, including two State Governing Board members, were arrested at Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner’s office today while taking a stand in support of immigration reform.

Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe is sending a letter today to Virginia’s U.S. House delegation urging them to support the Marketplace Fairness Act. Monday night, Sens. Mark Warner and Tim Kaine helped in a bipartisan effort to pass this commonsense policy.

Democratic State Del. Jennifer McClellan and Arlington County Commonwealth’s Attorney Theo Stamos condemned the failure of the U.S. House of Representatives to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act and asked Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli to explain why he refused to join 47 other state attorneys general in asking congress to pass the law.
Ben Cline, back in 2023, was against settlement slush funds, to the point that he was an out-of-the-box co-sponsor of a bill called the Stop Settlement Slush Funds Act.
I’m here to sheepishly admit that I hadn’t fully thought through the racially-charged meaning of the turn of phrase “cotton-picking” until this recent controversy involving Congresswoman Jen Kiggans.
The four MAGAs on the Supreme Court of Virginia negated the votes of 1,604,276 Virginians who wanted new congressional maps on Friday, which means, we’re back to square one with the 2026 midterms in Virginia.
It’s not weird at all that Fox News had a D.C.-based reporter and camera crew on the scene Wednesday morning to capture live shots of the FBI raid of State Sen. Louise Lucas’ office and cannabis dispensary in Portsmouth.
Louisiana is using a U.S. Supreme Court decision allowing it to gerrymander Black-majority districts out of existence, putting the Supreme Court of Virginia on notice.
We’ve written over the years about U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and his support for a bill that keeps getting introduced in Congress under the title Puppy Protection Act.
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